Cocconema affine (Kützing) West & G.S.West, nom. illeg. 1905
Current name:
Cymbella affinis Kützing
Prox. Aoxospore formation. Collected by Gareth Farr, Black MOuntains, Wales - 08 April 2015. C.F.Carter (chris.carter at 6cvw.freeuk.com
Publication Details
Cocconema affine (Kützing) West & G.S.West, nom. illeg. 1905: 36
Published in: West, W. & West, G.S. (1905). Freshwater algae from the Orkneys and Shetlands. Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinbrugh 23: 3-41.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cocconema is Cocconema cistula (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cymbella affinis Kützing.
Basionym
Cymbella affinis Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: Falaise; (Tuji 2007: 49) Lectotype: an illustration of a frustule in Kützing (1844: pl. 6, fig. XV, the 3rd fig. from the left: an individual in slide BM18530 (fig. 9) (epitype) (Tuji 2007: 49, 50 fig. 1) Notes: Falaise : De Brébisson (Herb. Binder); Schleswig: Herb. Binder. Central Amerika? Fossil in schwedischem Bergmehl. (INA).
Type locality: France: Falaise; Germany: Schleswig; Central America; Sweden (INA). Isoepitype (raw material): Kützing packet 333 (Tuji, 2007: 50). According to Blanco (2016: 109, 110), the specimens in two collections cited by Kützing are syntypes and syntypes have priority over illustrations.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), neighbouring, allied to, akin to (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 November 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 December 2024